The Monday Catch-Up – 13/11/2017

MONDAY started with the information 7.Three-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border area between Iran and Iraq, killing over 300 individuals and injuring 1000’s extra. The epicentre was, in accordance with Iraqi officers, in Penjwin within the province of Sulaimaniyah within the Kurdistan area near the primary border crossing with Iran. One Iranian support company advised the BBC that 70,000 individuals wanted shelter after the quake, which is among the largest this 12 months.

European enterprise leaders will meet Theresa Might later at this time to debate the way forward for UK-EU commerce, forward of the subsequent spherical of Brexit talks, that are on account of begin in mid-December. The assembly follows a leaked letter to Might from Boris Johnson and Michael Gove reportedly steering the prime minister in the direction of a “arduous Brexit.”

Johnson has additionally been criticised for saying that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen at present held in an Iranian jail, was visiting Tehran to coach journalists, when she was on vacation along with her daughter, in accordance with the UK authorities. Yesterday, Michael Gove additionally advised the BBC that he had no concept what Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing in Iran on the Andrew Marr Present. Full particulars of the allegations towards Zaghari-Ratcliffe have by no means been made public, nevertheless Johnson and Gove’s feedback have sparked issues that her five-year sentence could possibly be prolonged.

New steering for Church of England faculties urges lecturers to let youngsters “play with the various cloaks of id” relatively than conform to gender stereotypes. “A baby might select the tutu, princess’s tiara and heels and/or the fireman’s helmet, toolbelt and superhero cloak with out expectation or remark,” the Church of England’s assertion learn.

Within the celeb sphere, the Governor’s Awards kicked of the 2017 awards season, with a coterie of stars together with Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone in attendance. Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid celebrated their two-year anniversary, and Gal Gadot has stated that she won’t return to Surprise Lady 2 if director Brett Ratner, who has been accused of sexual harassment by Olivia Munn and Ellen Web page, is concerned.